Timothy Bradley Stripped of WBC Title

klion22 · Aug 2, 2011

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Weekend Review: WBC reminds us of why we hate sanctioning bodies
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Acknowledgment of sanctioning bodies: The decision of the WBC to strip Timothy Bradley of his junior welterweight belt and sanction the Erik Morales-Jorge Barrios as a title fight was resoundingly criticized, which was appropriate. Change will never take place unless we continue to expose the disgusting underbelly of boxing. Heres the thing, though: We all continue to play along. The corrupt sanctioning bodies rig the rankings to maximize their profits, the promoters push them to do so for the same reason, the boxing commissions give tacit approval by working with the sanctioning bodies, the fighters willingly pay sanctioning fees to become champions and improve their marketability, members of the media give the bogus titles validity by making reference to them and fans accept titleholders as champions. We all know exactly whats going on its all a load of garbage -- but we continue to take part in it. Were all guilty of perpetuating this farce.

MOST RIDICULOUS II

The payoff: The motivation of the sanctioning bodies, promoters and fighters is clear; the emphasis on bogus titles increases their profits. The sanctioning bodies have created all kinds of absurd titles interim, regular, super, emeritus, champion in recess, etc. because they take a small percentage of every pot when one of their titles is at stake. The more titles, the more money they make. The promoters and their fighters also make more money because champions are more-marketable than other fighters. So whats the payoff for the boxing writers and fans? We need championships, the ultimate accomplishment in the sport. That has always been the case. THE RING has what we believe are the most-unbiased rankings and crown champions, who are recognized by legitimate media outlets. However, the fact is the majority of fans worldwide still recognize the sanctioning-body titleholders. For that reason, we really have no choice but to acknowledge them -- as painful as that is.

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Timothy Bradley: Bradley couldve avoided the WBCs ax if he had fought Amir Khan on July 23. He had a chance to unify the junior welterweight titles and earn a seven-figure payday in the process but chose to walk away. Mistake. That doesnt mean he deserved to lose his title, though. Bradley fought only six months ago, which hardly renders him inactive. Other WBC titleholders have gone much longer than six months without defending their titles yet werent stripped because it suited the WBC. One example is Oscar De La Hoya when he held the WBC junior middleweight title; he went about a year between defenses. The fact is that WBC officials want Erik Morales as their titleholder because he generates a lot of money. Simple as that. The same with Saul Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who one can also argue werent deserving of title shots. Bradley simply isnt the attraction those Mexican fighters are. And he paid a price for it.
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Nicely written. Imagine how much better boxing would be if it had just one "champion" for each weight class. It's just utterly ridiculous.

Specialist · Aug 2, 2011

Montero said: ↑

I hope he sues them like Graciano Rocchigani and puts them out of business for good. The ONLY reason Bradley was stripped is so Joe Suiliman could make Erik Morales' upcoming bout for the "vacant title" so he could be the first Mexican to win "titles" in four weight classes.

I'm not normally in favor of boxers getting sue happy (John Ruiz was a prime example) but I hope Tim Bradley takes these ****ers to the cleaners.
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Good post.
Spot on.:good

DavidChao · Aug 2, 2011

Talivar said: ↑

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. So the message is, you avoid a fight in that way and we will give your belt to the other guy anyway. Very corrupt as everyone says but in this case TB deserves it imo.
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We do not know this, and we have no reason to suspect this given the organization's past corrupt nature. The two boxers who will have a match for the WBC 140 title do not deserve it any way, shape, or form. Having Khan beat either of them would not establish him any more so as a or the WBC champion.

puertorricane · Aug 3, 2011

i guess sulaiman needed a vacant title to give to one of his mexican fighters

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